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hinahina

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Heliotropium anomalum, a heliotrope of the Pacific Islands.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ Proto-Polynesian *sinaredup. Proto-Polynesian *sinasina Hawaiian hinahinabor. English hinahina Borrowed from Hawaiian hinahina.